Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 101
Question 101
What is the preface to the ten commandments?
The preface to the ten commandments is contained in these words, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Wherein God manifesteth his sovereignty, as being JEHOVAH, the eternal, immutable, and almighty God; having his being in and of himself, and giving being to all his words and works: and that he is a God in covenant, as with Israel of old, so with all his people; who, as he brought them out of their bondage in Egypt, so he delivers us from our spiritual thraldom; and that therefore we are bound to take him for our God alone, and to keep all his commandments.
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Exodus 20:22“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Isaiah 44:66Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
Exodus 3:1414God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
Exodus 6:33I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
Acts 17:2424The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
Acts 17:2828‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
Genesis 17:77I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Romans 3:2929Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Luke 1:74-7574deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
1 Peter 1:15-1815But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
Leviticus 18:3030You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
Leviticus 19:3737You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
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